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Linglib.Fragments.Finnish.PolarityItems

Finnish Polarity-Sensitive Items #

@cite{haspelmath-1997}

Finnish indefinite pronoun polarity items, typed by the categories from Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.

Finnish has a differentiated system with dedicated NPI and FCI forms:

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def Fragments.Finnish.PolarityItems.kukaan :
Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

kukaan — Weak NPI. Polarity-sensitive indefinite: questions, conditionals, indirect negation.

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    def Fragments.Finnish.PolarityItems.eiKukaan :
    Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

    ei kukaan — Negative indefinite. Negative verb ei + kukaan: 'ei kukaan tullut' (nobody came).

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      def Fragments.Finnish.PolarityItems.kukaTahansa :
      Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry

      kuka tahansa — Free choice item. 'Whoever / anyone at all'.

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        theorem Fragments.Finnish.PolarityItems.finnish_npis_strengthening :
        ([kukaan, eiKukaan].all fun (e : Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.PolarityItemEntry) => e.scalarDirection == Core.Lexical.PolarityItem.ScalarDirection.strengthening) = true